A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34707 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: March 12 1878 Article Description: News from Baltimore, Md. Article Text: News from Baltimore, Md. A Ship Abandoned at Sea: Baltimore, March 11. The American ship Celestial Empire, Captain STEWART, from Yarmouth England, for Hamstead Roads, with a general cargo for orders, is reported abandoned at sea. The crew are all saved. The Celestial Empire hails from New York. She was built at Boston in 1852. Her dimensions are: Length, 198 feet; Beam, 37-1/2 feet; Depth of Hold, 29 feet; and Tonnage, 1630. She was owned by MESSRS. GEORGE H. SOUTHARD and J. H. STEWART, and insured in a New York Office. Death of a Venerable Clergyman: Baltimore, March 11. The Rev. JOHN BAER, the oldest minister in the Baltimore Methodist conference, died this morning in the 84th year of his age. He was born in Rockingham County and in early life evinced a decided predilection for the profession in which he labored effectively and faithfully for so many years. He entered the university of the church in 1814. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com